]]>http://switchmagmx.com/rata-blanca-leonardos-huntington-park-102017/feed/0The Melvins & Spotlights @ The Echo 8/22/17http://switchmagmx.com/the-melvins-spotlights-the-echo-82217/
http://switchmagmx.com/the-melvins-spotlights-the-echo-82217/#respondThu, 24 Aug 2017 19:43:00 +0000http://switchmagmx.com/?p=631Opening for the band was ‘Spotlights’ which consists of bassist Sarah Quintero & guitarist Mario Quintero. The music was a mix of dreamy pop vocals and hard sludge rock. The music brings you in with its soft vocals and then unleashes hard riffs that pound your head. It’s definitely a good mix of styles that doesn’t bore you. It will keep you in a dream state for a couple bars until the hard guitar and bass kick into drive. During the end of the Melvins performance, the band joined them on stage to perform a couple of songs.

It’s been quite the eventful week for the band. Fellow friend and musician Mike Patton, along with his band ‘Dead Cross’ was scheduled to perform alongside The Melvins on Wednesday at The Echo. Dead Cross, which features Mike Patton and Ex-Slayer drummer Dave Lombardo, were scheduled to perform Tuesday night at the El Rey Theater in Los Angeles. Shortly before Dead Cross was to take the stage, Dave Lombardo went on stage to announce that Mike had been in an accident on his way to the show and he would not be able to perform. It was speculated that he might have been in a car accident but turns out that Mike wiped out on his skateboard on the way to perform.

Although not a majorly serious injury, the Dead Cross show was canceled and rescheduled over to Wednesday night. This meant that the proposed Melvins/Dead Cross event was canceled. Mike, Dave, & Buzz Osborne were all previously in the supergroup ‘Fantomas’. It definitely would have been a treat to see them reunited for The Echoplex show but perhaps the stars will align again in the future.

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Friday, May 26th & Saturday, May 27th — Memorial Day Weekend at Oak Canyon Park in Orange County, CA

Discounted Early Bird Tickets & Camping Spaces

This year marks the first Blackest Of The Black destination festival. The brainchild of Glenn Danzig, the event not only serves as a music festival, but as a cultural experience: an escape. Coming to Oak Canyon Park in Silverado, CA in Orange County on Memorial Day Weekend, Friday, May 26th and Saturday, May 27th, Blackest Of The Black will host two music stages, curated by Danzig, with performances by some of the heaviest acts around including Danzig, Ministry, Suicidal Tendencies, Atreyu, Vamps, and many more. The festival will be hosted by Full Metal Jackie and will feature camping, along with a number of sinister attractions including Castle Danzig — a fully immersive walkthrough experience of agony, ecstasy and more, all based on the music and graphic novels of Glenn Danzig.

Glenn Danzig says, “I first started Blackest in the early 2000s, and finally my full vision is being realized. Get ready for sensory overload, from films to comics to Castle Danzig. This is going to be the real Blackest Of The Black.”

Danzig

Danzig is a heavy metal band from the United States, formed in 1987, in

Lodi, New Jersey. The band serves as a musical outlet for singer/composer Glenn Danzig, and their music fuses dark lyrics and imagery with blues influenced music. Danzig can be seen as the third stage in Glenn Danzig’s musical career, preceded by the punk band The Misfits and the deathrock band Samhain.

On July 14, 1986, Samhain performed what was to be their final show, at The Ritz in New York City. Read more on Last.fm

There are many perilous ways one can spend time off – Volcano-boarding down Cerro Negro, Nicaragua’s active volcano, or maybe bungee jumping from a helicopter over the bubbling crater of Chile’s Villarrica. How about a visit to Sao Paulo’s Snake Island, home of some 4000 golden lancehead vipers whose venom can melt human flesh, or shark diving without a cage in South Africa. But nothing is quite as hazardous or risky as a night in the pit at a Slayer concert. Add to that the ferociousness of Lamb of God and Behemoth, and you’ve got a Satan-approved triple bill of Biblical proportions.

The six-week expedition will rage across North America beginning July 12 in Bemidji, MN, winding up in Phoenix, AZ on August 20. Slayer and Lamb of God will also play Wisconsin’s Rock Fest 2017 (7/13) and Rock USA 2017 (7/15), and then meet up with Behemoth at the Chicago Open Air Festival on July 16. Tickets go on sale this Friday, March 3; log on to www.slayer.net/tour for all purchasing details.

Kerry King:
“As metal tours go, this is the one that your fellow metal heads will be bragging about if you miss it! Not very often I get to go on tour where we are all friends to start. That being said, the potential for greatness at these events is mind blowing. I look forward to being a part of it, and hanging with old friends- bands as well as fanatical fans! Let the festivities begin!!”

Randy Blythe:
“It’s been a while since we’ve toured with the almighty Slayer, & even longer since we’ve hit the road with our friends in Behemoth- I can’t wait! This tour is gonna be the feel-good event of the summer- the gigs are gonna be like the Haight-Ashbury during the Summer of Love in ‘67! Ok, so that’s complete bullshit, it’s gonna be absolutely nothing like that, so don’t show up with flowers in your hair looking for free hugs or anything stupid like that. It will definitely be a good fucking time though (as long as your definition of a good time means brutal, caustic, and hideously loud music)- see ya there!”

Adam “Nergal” Darski’:
“It is with the utmost pride we are announcing the Slayer, Lamb Of God and Behemoth Summer tour! We are beyond excited to be joining this bill with these living legends and… our friends one more time! We are also stoked about coming back to North American shores for the last time before kicking off the next album cycle. Come and join this EXTREME metal feast with us!”

For more information on the upcoming tour and to view updates on the bands, make sure to follow them on Twitter

Twitter: @Slayer @BehemothBand @LambofGod

Slayer

Slayer is a thrash metal band from US, formed in 1981. The band was founded by guitarists Jeff Hanneman and Kerry King. The band was credited as one of the “Big Four” thrash metal bands, along with Metallica, Anthrax, and Megadeth.